Apparatus for repairing wheels of bicycles



(No Model.)

E. B. OWEN. APPARATUS FOR REPAIRING WHEELS OP BIGYGLES. N0. 575,554.Patented Jan. 19,1897.

r4 w fl 1 /2 WITNESSES I 6 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDMUND BURR OWEN, OF JERSEY CITY, NEIV JERSEY.

APPARATUS FOR REPAIRING WHEELS OF BICYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 575,554, dated January19, 1897.

Application filed July 2, 1896. Serial No. 597,894. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDMUND BURR OWEN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatusfor Repairing the Vheels of Bicycles, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part thereof, in which similar numerals of reference indicatecorresponding parts wherever found throughout the several views.

This invention relates to apparatus for repairing thewheels of bicyclesand similar vehicles; and the object thereof is to provide an improvedapparatus for this purpose, which is simple in construction andoperation and by means of which the wheels of a bicycle or other vehiclewhen injured by the breaking of a spoke or otherwise, or the rimthereof, may be trued or repaired and a new spoke or spokes placedtherein.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which Figure 1 is sideview of the device which I employ; Fig. 2, a plan view thereof; Fig. 3,a side view of a jack which I employ for straightening a wheel that hasbeen injured or truing the rim thereof and showing the same applied to awheel, said jack being adapted to be used in connection with theapparatus shown in Figs. 1 and 2; and Fig. 4 is a side view of a detailof the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In the practice of my invention I provide a suitable frame, which, asshown in the drawings, reference being made to Figs. 1 and 2, consistsof a top plate 5, which is provided at each end with legs or supports 6,and the top plate 5 is provided centrally with an oblong slot or opening7, and the sides of the top plate are provided centrally thereof withcross-heads 8, in which are mounted transversely-movable blocks 9,saidblocks being provided centrally thereof with longitudinal slots oropenings 10, through which are passed pins or bolts 11, secured to theside of the top plate, and which are provided with thumbnuts 12. V

The blocks 11 are provided with triangular notches or recesses 13, andat each side of said notches or recesses 13 are vertical screwthreadedbolts 14, provided with thumb-nuts 15, and mounted on said bolts 14 andresting on the blocks 9 are cross-plates 16, which are provided on theirunder sides and transversely thereof with triangular downwardly-directedshoulders or projections 17, and in practice I prefer to form in theunder sides of these shoulders or projections 17 triangular notches orrecesses 18.

The side plates 19 are provided near one end with vertical flanges 20,between which, on each side, is a longitudinal slot 21, and mountedbetween said flanges are sliding blocks 22, through which pass bolts 23,which. are provided on their outer ends with rings or handles 24 and attheir inner ends with circular heads 25, and the end of the top plateadjacent to the bolts 23 is provided centrally thereof with anupwardly-directed shoulder or projection 26, through which passes a bolt27, which is similar to the bolt 23, and provided at its outer end witha ring or handle 28 and at its inner end with a head 29.

In practice the shaft of the wheel which is to be repaired is placed inthe slot or opening 7 in the top plate and the axle or shaft thereof, orits ends, is placed in the notches or recesses 13 in the blocks 9, andthe plate 16 is secured down thereon,by means of the thu mbnuts 15, sothat the shoulder or projection 17 on said plate presses upon the endsof the axle or shaft and securely holds the same in said blocks, andwhen in this position the rim of the wheel may be laterally adjusted bymeans of the bolts 23, and said rim may be forced inwardly, if desired,by the bolt 27.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a part of a wheel of a bicycle or similarvehicle, which consists of the hub 30, the shaft or axle 31, whichpasses therethrough or is mounted therein, and the rim 32, said hub andsaid rim being connected by the usual spokes 33, and I have also shown ajack, which consists of plates 34, which are adapted to be mounted onthe ends of the shaft or axle and which are provided withoutwardly-curved arms 35, and I also provide rods 36, which are providedwith a plurality of holes or perforations 37 in their inner ends, bymeans of which they are pivotally connected with the arms 35 of theplates 34, and

said rods are provided at their outer ends with curved or segmentalheads 38, which are adapted to engage with the inner surface of the rim32, and I also provide nuts or burs 39 by which the plates 34: may beforced inwardly, and in this operation the rods 36 will be forcedoutwardly, and the rim of the wheel may be thus trued up or forcedoutwardly, and this device is adapted to be used in connection with theapparatus shown in Figs. 1 and 2 for the purpose of aiding in repairinga wheel that has been damaged by the breaking of a spoke or spokes andin which the rim of the wheel has been forced out of proper positionwith relation to the hub thereof.

It will be understood that after the jack has been connected with thewheel, as shown in Fig. 3, the wheel may be placed in the frame, ashereinbefore described, and said jack is intended, primarily, for use incases where the rim of a wheel has been forced inwardly and cannottherefore be adjusted by means of the bolts 23.

This device is simple in construction and operation and perfectlyadapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended, and itisevident that changes in and modifications of the construction hereindescribed may be made without departing from the spirit of my inventionor sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The herein-described apparatus for adjustin g andrepairing the wheels of bicycles, and similar vehicles, which consistsof a suitable frame, provided with a top, having an oblong slot oropening therein, sliding blocks mounted on the opposite sides thereofand provided with notches or recesses, adapted to receive the ends ofthe axle of the wheel, devices for securing said ends of the axle inposition, and means connected with one end of the frame for adjustingthe position of the rim of the wheel, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. The herein-described apparatus for adjusting and repairing the wheelsof bicycles and similar vehicles, which consists of a suitable frame,provided with a top, having an oblong slot or opening therein, slidingblocks mounted on the opposite side thereof, and provided with notchesor recesses adapted to receive the ends of the axle of the wheel,devices for securing said ends of the axle in position, and meansconnected with one end of the frame for adjusting the position of therim of the wheel, consisting of transverse screw-threaded bolts whichare mounted in sliding blocks, and which are provided at their innerends with heads adapted to engage with the rim of the wheel,substantially as shown and described.

3. The herein-described apparatus for ad justing and repairing thewheels of bicycles and similar vehicles which consists of a suitableframe, provided with a top, having an oblong slot or opening therein,sliding blocks mounted on the opposite side thereof, and provided withnotches or recesses adapted to receive the ends of the axle of thewheel, devices for securing said ends of the axle in position, and meansconnected with one end of the frame for adjusting the position of therim of the wheel, consisting of transverse screw-threaded bolts whichare mounted in slidingblocks, and which are provided at their inner endswith heads, adapted to engage with the rim of the wheel, and alongitudinallymovable belt, at the end of the frame, which is alsoprovided with a head at its inner end by which the rim of the wheel maybe forced inwardly, substantially as shown and described.

4. In an apparatus for repairing the wheels of abicycle or similarvehicle, the combination with a suitable frame in which the wheel isadapted to be mounted, and which is provided with transversely mountedand movable bolts for adjusting the position of the rim thereof, of ajack which is adapted to be connected with the axle or shaft of thewheel, by means of which the rim thereof, may be forced outwardlysubstantially as shown and described.

5. In an apparatus for repairing the wheels of a bicycle or similarvehicle, the combination with a suitable frame in. which the wheel isadapted to be mounted, and which is provided with transversely mountedand movable bolts for adjusting the position of the rim thereof, of ajack which is adapted to be connected with the axle or shaft of thewheel, by means of which the rim thereof, may be forced outwardly, saidjack consisting of plates which are adapted to be mounted on the ends ofthe shaft or axle of the wheel, and provided at their opposite sideswith outwardly-curved arms, and rods which are pivotally connectedtherewith, and provided at their outer ends with heads which are adaptedto engage with the inner surface of the rim, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 29th day of June,1896.

EDMUND BURR OlVEN.

Witnesses:

C. Gnns'r, CHARLES S. Roenns.

